The Footy Marathon

[JK]

Fox has a grand final marathon as well. They are going contemporary and their line-up to get as many different teams on is:

1996 Nth Melb v Syd
1997 Adel v Stk
2000 Ess v Melb
2002 BL v Coll
2004 Port v BL
2005 Syd v WCE
2006 WCE v Syd

Wow, nice line-up!

But I really wish they showed 2001 Brisbane v Essendon. One of the most underrated recent GF's IMO.

Agreed

[JK]

Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please not the 1966 GF AGAIN!

66' Granny will no doubt be in there, that's usually the one that puts me to sleep.

Great minds!

[Gozu]

Fox Sports GF marathon is on right now and Channel 7's starts at midnight.

[spell_check]

They may show other finals other than just GFs. Last time Channel 7 had a Footy Marathon in 2001 the following was shown:
(in order)
1966 GF
1989 GF
1999 PF
1967 GF
1976 PF
1997 PF
1988 EF
1977 GF - drawn match
1991 2SF
1996 QF - Bris vs Ess
1984 GF

All were the last quarter. I would like to see the Elimination Final in 1986 on there this time, but I won't be holding my breath.

[heater31]

brilliant have the tape in the VCR ready to go on LP to get the lot.

Watching 89 on DVD now, Dermie is having his first shot on goal and a melee behind play...........in today's game about 15k worth of fines and two 2 week suspensions for a headlock to separate players

BTW dermie kicks it Haws 12 Cats 6 if you didn't know already

[redden whites]

brilliant have the tape in the VCR ready to go on LP to get the lot.

Watching 89 on DVD now, Dermie is having his first shot on goal and a melee behind play...........in today's game about 15k worth of fines and two 2 week suspensions for a headlock to separate players

BTW dermie kicks it Haws 12 Cats 6 if you didn't know already

You missed the Andrew Bews and Garry Hocking joined team effort eye gouge on Dipper then??

[Dutchy]

96 is on now goos to see the Fridge, Belly, Scholl, Schwatta, McKernan (what a gun back then), Rock, Stevo nad a young S Grant in the Sydney gear...

[heater31]

brilliant have the tape in the VCR ready to go on LP to get the lot.

Watching 89 on DVD now, Dermie is having his first shot on goal and a melee behind play...........in today's game about 15k worth of fines and two 2 week suspensions for a headlock to separate players

BTW dermie kicks it Haws 12 Cats 6 if you didn't know already

You missed the Andrew Bews and Garry Hocking joined team effort eye gouge on Dipper then??

that was it. and will now up the suspensions to 6 weeks each

few more wrestling fines totaling about another 25 k

Garry Hocking has now earned himself a holiday toady worth 4 weeks for striking Kennedy behind play.

[Dogwatcher]

96 is on now goos to see the Fridge, Belly, Scholl, Schwatta, McKernan (what a gun back then), Rock, Stevo nad a young S Grant in the Sydney gear...

What a good game that was!
Amazing footy to watch.
Blokes kicking to a contest. Not turning across the face. Plugger and Micky giving it to each other.
Plugger's six goals have well been forgotten. Their only decent forward target.
Good game to watch.

Not interested now - the Crows are on.

[Dutchy]

Yeah DW watched a bit of the 97 final and I reckon 96 was the last "old style" GF we ever saw

[LaughingKookaburra]

The funny thing is after the 66 gf Collingwood came to Adelaide and played Sturt and gout bulldozed by 7 goals by the Double Blues. So even when St.Kilda won their only flag I highly doubt they were the best team in the country........

[JK]

2000 Granny on now ... Has always amazed me that Essendon team was so strong and dominant and got such great output from blokes like Caracella, Blumfield and Heffernan ... Misiti was another that I thought was a little overrated (particularly later in his career), but there's no denying how awesome a team they were in that year.

[heater31]

Righto setting the VRC to capture the 7 & 1/2 hours of action lets hope they put some thrillers in there

[McAlmanac]

2000 Granny on now ... Has always amazed me that Essendon team was so strong and dominant and got such great output from blokes like Caracella, Blumfield and Heffernan ... Misiti was another that I thought was a little overrated (particularly later in his career), but there's no denying how awesome a team they were in that year.

Blumfield and Heffernan are two blokes who benefitted from timing.

[LaughingKookaburra]

mate caracella that year in front of the sticks was dangerous, did not miss........

[JK]

2000 Granny on now ... Has always amazed me that Essendon team was so strong and dominant and got such great output from blokes like Caracella, Blumfield and Heffernan ... Misiti was another that I thought was a little overrated (particularly later in his career), but there's no denying how awesome a team they were in that year.

Blumfield and Heffernan are two blokes who benefitted from timing.

Yeah I think so, Moorecroft aswell although Im not sure whether he played in the GF that year

[NFC]

Oh my gosh, how many weeks would Michael Long have got if he did that to Simmonds in today's AFL?

At least 10 weeks, probably 12+ IMO.

[NFC]

2000 Granny on now ... Has always amazed me that Essendon team was so strong and dominant and got such great output from blokes like Caracella, Blumfield and Heffernan ... Misiti was another that I thought was a little overrated (particularly later in his career), but there's no denying how awesome a team they were in that year.

And what's even harder to believe is that they only got one flag out of that side. They choked in 1999, were premiers in 2000, and ran into a red hot Brisbane Lions outfit in 2001. Could have won 3 in a row if everything went right. They wasted their period of dominance.

And I really, really wish my DVD Recorder wasn't stuffed ATM. I'd love to be recording all these GF's.

[A Mum]

My husband watched some of them last night....

And at 6-30am this morning turned the telly on again... up to 2005 Grandfinal (On fox)

It's going to be a lonnnng day

[JK]

mate caracella that year in front of the sticks was dangerous, did not miss........

For sure mate, not questioning that ... Did more after his move than the other 2 also